we are at jack grill in littleton to talk to a local panel about the situation on the ground politically here in this swing county. joining us now, john ingold from the "denver post." stephen tubbs, news radio 850 koa. eli stobles, fox 31 denver. thank you for being here. we have don't have a uniform code. there was no, even though we are all wearing the same thing. listen, it's very close. depending on the poll you look at recently, it's still just a few points margin of error. this county arapahoe county went for president obama, eli, big, back in 2008. 55%. john mccain, 42%. but colorado switched back and forth, went to president obama 2004 to president bush in 2000 president bush. what is this place now and what is the biggest issue here for folks you hear? >> colorado is a huge bellwether in the intermountain west. it has been for a few cycles. it's a big bellwether for which way the state will go. not always a swing county. it was conservative going back ten years or so. new population in arapahoe county has changed things. folks are moving from other states in colorado. it has a l